{"id":10193,"date":"2020-09-21T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T10:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/by-bike-everywhere\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:03:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T07:03:51","slug":"by-bike-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/by-bike-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"By bike&#8230; everywhere!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bicycle is not just for Sunday rides, nature tours and sports training.<\/p>\n<p>It is an ecological means of transport that can become your &#8220;inseparable&#8221; friend in your daily life.<\/p>\n<p>In your free time as well as at work, school and during the week&#8217;s shopping.<\/p>\n<p>By following a proper healthy diet, cycling removes &#8220;excess&#8221; pounds, &#8220;shields&#8221; the immune system and relieves stress.<\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;A healthy mind in a healthy body&#8221;, then, pedaling.<\/h4>\n<p>So why, then, does the, so, beneficial and useful bicycle &#8220;resting&#8221; in the garage alone, waiting for the weekend or the holidays to come to &#8220;stretch&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>The commute to work or school can turn into a morning workout.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting the supermarket or the market in your neighbourhood will be more enjoyable when you don&#8217;t have to get stuck in traffic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_603777755.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1428\" src=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_603777755.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_603777755.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_603777755-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_603777755-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Above all&#8230; safety!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the cycle paths, getting around is easy and comfortable. But when they don&#8217;t &#8220;lead&#8221; to your destination, what do you do?<\/p>\n<p>Follow the safety rules and pedal on the small or big streets of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Wear bike-appropriate clothing and bright clothing so you can be seen, choose the right lane but not the sidewalks, and obey the rules of the road as if you were driving a car.<\/p>\n<p>When you have to carry groceries, hanging bags on the handlebars is not the safest thing to do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_1710482848.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1477\" src=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_1710482848.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_1710482848.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_1710482848-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_1710482848-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shopping&#8230;on the grill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most common myths about bicycles is that you can&#8217;t use them for shopping, especially when you have a lot of things to carry.<\/p>\n<p>The solutions are many and all of them are available on the market.<\/p>\n<p>Choose racks, baskets or special trolleys to carry everything from supermarket shopping to your children.<\/p>\n<p>Place racks on the back or front of your bike and attach special bags to them to carry documents, books for school or university, your office top hat and a few bags from the supermarket.<\/p>\n<p>You can also choose baskets to give it a more &#8220;romantic&#8221; look.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_1151513132-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1450 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_1151513132-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_1151513132-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_1151513132-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/shutterstock_1151513132-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Troll(s) &#8211; you know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But what do you do with that six-pack of bottled water that won&#8217;t fit in any basket?<\/p>\n<p>In recent years there are many types of trolleys for bicycles on the market.<\/p>\n<p>Not just for carrying all the week&#8217;s shopping but also for carrying your kids, your pets and anything you can pull with your well-toned legs.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t expect the extra load to set a new record (unless it&#8217;s an electric bike), but you&#8217;ll have enough endurance for your next outdoor excursion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bicycle is not just for Sunday rides, nature tours and sports training. It is an ecological means of transport that can become your &#8220;inseparable&#8221; friend in your daily life. In your free time as well as at work, school and during the week&#8217;s shopping. By following a proper healthy diet, cycling removes &#8220;excess&#8221; pounds,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thematikos-tourismos-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10202,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10193\/revisions\/10202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}